Associate, Strategic Communications (Financial Services Policy)
FGS Global is a leading stakeholder strategy firm seeking a full-time Associate to join their Strategic Communications' Financial Services Policy team. The role involves developing research, writing, and media skills while assisting with client communications and media outreach efforts.
Responsibilities
- Show up to work with an eagerness and desire to learn
- Monitor and/or compile daily press clips for a diverse roster of financial services industry client accounts and/or sub-projects with focus on financial services policy
- Assist client teams in prep for meetings/pitches
- Basic writing and research tasks (including emails, meeting agendas, messaging documents, press materials, client documents, owned media content, etc.)
- Build and maintain press lists
- Prepare briefing documents, talking points, etc
- Develop pitches and engage in media outreach across print, online and broadcast media
- Provide administrative support to 1-2 Partners as well as client teams, including managing calendars and scheduling, preparing and submitting expense reports, booking travel, and filtering internal and external requests
- Grow sophisticated project-management skills
- Write and edit work with a superior understanding of correct grammar and punctuation
- Contribute to firm's new business process and efforts
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- Strong interest in or prior experience in strategic communications, with specific familiarity/experience in financial services policy issues
- A quick learner with innate curiosity
- Consistent reliability, professionalism and maturity
- Outstanding writing skills, including excellent proofreading skills
- Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to work diligently in dynamic and fast-moving situations
- A collaborative spirit and eagerness to jump in at a moment's notice
- An ability to work well in teams
- Advanced verbal communication skills
- Solid research abilities and analytical skills
- An interest in business and news
- Well-rounded and adaptable, and comfortable working through challenges
- This position requires the availability to work outside of normal office hours, including nights and weekends, when business needs arise
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. and not require work authorization sponsorship now or in the future
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package, commensurate with experience
- Annual profit-sharing model, aka annual performance bonus
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)-plan with a generous company match
- Generous paid time off
- A collaborative group of smart, passionate and highly motivated people
- Team-oriented work environment structured to provide opportunities for professional growth and development
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